This is where we differ, I can discern another song inside a song, or book inside a book, I am distracted the whole is ruined. Best recent example is Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girl", instantly hear Stand by Me and the song just becomes a "bad cover" really. I here a song I like and the artists is butchering it. You get what I mean?


Good to know, it's hard to gage tone online. If I can give unsolicited advice, look at is as an exchange of ideas\perspectives more then a right\wrong argument\debate.

It's not not plagiarism because it doesn't sound like the original, it's not plagiarism because they give the original artists credit. The fact that it usually hardly sounds like the original just adds to it.

And I've never said that Led Zeppelin don't deserve any credit for their covers, I'm saying the original artists do deserve credit and Led Zeppelin were plagiarists for not giving any in some cases.

And sorry about getting so angry there, beb. I've calmed down now, got a cigarette and some strawberry yogurt.

It's not really a matter of opinion. If you write a book and two chapters are stolen from another book, word-for-word, you still wrote the rest of it and deserve credit for that. I get what you mean, I'm just saying that it isn't plagiarism and the original artist isn't the only one who deserves any credit.

EDIT: Don't get me wrong, that song is without a doubt the epitome of aural diarrhea.

That's the beauty of it though, it's like listening to a condensed history of rock in one album!

My last.fm profile will answer: Led Zeppelin - 100 songs, The Who - 39.

I love Led and I love the who but I think overall led has put out more constant great albums the who has some hits as well as misses

The Who :D

Neither :D

I voted for Led Zep in the end. I probably like both bands equally, but I can listen to most Zep albums all the way through, whereas The Who haven't done one good album, in my eyes (ears).

The Who had rather good dress sence in the sixties.............just thought I'd throw it out there.

The Who were far more creative and had albums that felt album-ish and complete.